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California Golden gorgonian polyps. The golden gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03481  

Red gorgonian polyps. The red gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03480  

Brown gorgonians, Catalina.
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 00567  

Red gorgonian clings to a vertical undersea reef at San Clemente Island, California.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00616  

Hydrocoral and gorgonian.
Species: Hydrocoral, Red gorgonian, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00637  

Diver and red gorgonian.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01485  

California Golden gorgonian, red gorgonian, sheephead.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02533  

Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 02556  

Red gorgonian on rocky reef below kelp forest.
Species: Red Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03827  

Red gorgonians.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 04747  

Red gorgonian, polyp detail.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 07005  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California Golden Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01280  

Red gorgonian.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05333  

Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock.
Species: Luminescent parazoanthid, Zoanthid anemone, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05341  

California golden gorgonian.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01283  

Simnia and egg cluster on red gorgonian.
Species: Red gorgonian, Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 01983  

Black coral and diver.
Species: Black coral, Antipathidae
Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05706  

Black coral.
Species: Black coral, Antipathidae
Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01867  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07006  

Black coral and diver.
Species: Black coral, Antipathidae
Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 03475  

Gorgonian, garibaldi, kelp bass (calico bass) in kelp forest, San Clemente I.
Species: California Golden Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01284  

Garibaldi and gorgonian.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04705  

Brown gorgonians.
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05331  

Simnia and egg cluster on gorgonian.
Species: Simnia, Delonovolva aequalis
Location: Anacapa Island, California
Image ID: 07025  

Diver and alcyonarian soft coral, Northern Red Sea.
Location: Egyptian Red Sea
Image ID: 00378  

Red gorgonian.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00568  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California Golden Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01042  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California Golden Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01043  

California sheephead, gorgonian.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01124  

California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: California Golden Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01279